[OSM-newbies] How do I break roads?

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:55 PM, John Buxton <johnbuxt at gmail.com> wrote:
> I last looked at openstreetmap years ago and have forgotten all I knew
> then.
> I have downloaded the latest version of JOSM and have managed to get the
> data for my area with the intention of adding street names.
> I have found that a lot of the roads shown as a way are in fact 2 or more
> different roads so I need to break them where the name changes so I can add
> the correct names, but can't work out how to do that.
>
> How can I break the road sections  so I can add the names in either JOSM or
> Potlatch?

Josm.
select the node where the ways split.
select >> tools >> split way
- or -
press p to split way

Potlatch
select the way to split
select node at which to split
press scissors icon to split way
- or -
press x to split way